COMA N408 Applied Media Project Production Schedule

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By now you have chosen your Final Year Media Project. Write a one line summary of your project title below: Al hathaa Planning ahead Although you will not be implementing your project until next semester, it is important to be well prepared and to have a good idea of the time scale you will need in order to complete everything. Whatever tools you use for planning your time, it all starts with a realistic checklist for each stage of your project from pre-production, through production, to post-production and reflection. 1. Make a checklist a point by point list of the tasks (large and small) you need to accomplish. You will get more marks for adding more detail.

2. Visualize it sketch out by hand (or using software) how your time will be managed. Divide your tasks into phases (e.g. pre-production / securing resources) suitable for your project.

3. Make a daily / weekly / monthly schedule leading up to the exact date of implementation (in case you dont have exact dates, approximations are fine)

4. Key dates and deadlines. Now add some detailed notes specifying deadlines that you need to stick to (e.g. by the last week in February, I must have a script written for) Include a Plan B if you think there is a chance you might miss the deadline.

Remember: a production schedule is a living document. It will change! You do not have to worry about sticking exactly to the dates you write down now. It is important that you make a realistic schedule with realistic deadlines and you can justify these in detail when you present it to your supervisor. You may include some ? into your schedule, but be ready with a plan B. If dates depend on things outside your control (e.g. voluntary help) plan for a best-case and worst-case scenario Deadline: Submit all documentation by Sunday 8th December Your supervisor will meet to discuss your production schedule in detail during week 13 (8th to 12th Dec) Grades will be awarded for documentation (50%) and oral presentation with supervisor (50%)

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Checklist

Find a location to build sculpture. Find people to help me build and construct. Ordering the materials from Glass Sea Trading. Transporting the materials by finding a car/truck to transport materials. Start work on the project. Work out my budget step by step. Find a sponsor if my budget is getting higher or get them to finance it all. Approval from the mall authorities to put my sculpture into the mall. Ask opinions on where people would like to see the sculpture inside the mall of the emirates. Have other backup plans incase mall of the emirates reject the sculpture. Finish building sculpture and look for ways to improve it. Add finishing details. Design a logo/signature which represents me as the one designing the Al hathaa. Advertise my sculpture for my opening event. Transport sculpture to MOE. Place the sculpture safely in the mall. Make sure after fitting sculpture that there is no cause for any injury as my original idea was to cover the sculpture with material, that doesnt harm anyone and doesnt affect people interacting and exploring the sculpture. Fit lights around the sculpture to enhance the mirror effect

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Find a sponsor for sculpture and speak to emirates mall for authority to place sculpture there
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Find a location to build and find people to help me build it Design a logo/signature for sculpture

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Design a logo/signature for sculpture Collect the materials from the store and make sure we have the best materials

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Build Sculpture
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Design flyers to hand out

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Build Sculpture
Invite people to the opening event of the sculpture and hand out flyer invitations.

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Ask opinions where people would like to see sculpture inside the mall 8 9 10 Add finishing details

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Please safely in mall, test to make sure no injuries can happen and fit lights around sculpture to enhance mirror effect.

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Deadlines February 11th 16th Find a sponsors. Contact people I already have lined up to help me, plan B would be to ask if this fails would be to ask for donations, ask family members or incur some cost myself.
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February 18th 22th Contact a floor manager in MOE to get approval that I can have the sculpture here, if this fails I will look for other locations but make sure its also in a mall. And refer back to my original survey which I gathered peoples views on location. Second of March Build the sculpture and look for more sculpture builders or people I can fall back on, incase people drop out.

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Build Sculpture Design Logo/Signature Collect/Buy Materials

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Find a sponsor & get authority from MOE Design Flyers Advertise Sculpture Add finishing details Ask opionions Transfer to MOE Place safely in MOE OPENING EVENT

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